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Place-based working to meet national well-being and sustainability goals
Complete the survey: Researchers at the University of Oxford, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) are studying how place-based working can better achieve Wales’ well-being and sustainability goals.
13 January 2026 -
Oxford Real Farming Conference
Agile researchers are excited to be attending this year's Oxford Real Farming Conference on the 8th and 9th January.
7 January 2026 -
Reckoning with Regeneration
The Regen Ag Sprint publishes four new reports on regenerative agriculture.
7 January 2026
Explore sprints
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How can we assess the macroeconomic and inequality impacts of Carbon Budgets?
This Sprint will be working directly with DESNZ in advance of the Seventh Carbon Budget, and aims to develop new modelling approaches to fill macroeconomic and distributional analysis evidence gaps.
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How can curriculum designers provide better Net Zero education for the next generation?
This Sprint will bring together Oxford’s interdisciplinary expertise with the insights of practitioners, policymakers and young people to deliver the Oxford Net Zero Education Framework.
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How can we deliver effective, equitable and place-based environmental governance?
This Sprint will offer insights to strengthen environmental governance and support both national and global sustainability targets.
Outputs
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Webinar: Does access to nature support mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools?
MoreIn this recording from June 2025, hear from Sprint researchers who have been investigating the role of access to nature in managing mental health and wellbeing in secondary schools, and from some of the teachers and students who have contributed their insights to the research.
Associated Sprint: Is “nature” a policy solution to mental health in schools?
Associated SDGs: 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 13 Climate action, 3 Good health and well-being, 4 Quality education
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Speeding up Solutions: A new method to tackle environmental crises
MoreIn this recording, Sprint leads John Lynch and Ilina Singh give a talk at Meeting Minds in September 2025 about how interdisciplinary teams are reshaping the way science informs decision-making, and how Oxford is tackling urgent environmental challenges.
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Complexity economics insights for the Seventh Carbon Budget
MoreThis briefing for the Environmental Audit Committee’s Seventh Carbon Budget inquiry showcases four research programmes that we believe could help inform the Seventh Carbon Budget.
Associated Sprint: How can we assess the macroeconomic and inequality impacts of Carbon Budgets?
Associated SDGs: 10 Reduced inequalities, 13 Climate action, 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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Can regenerative agriculture deliver nutritious food and a just food system?
MoreThis report presents insights from a year of engagement with UK food system stakeholders and experts to unpick the ambiguity of Regenerative Agriculture. This is the final report of the Sprint project.
Associated Sprint: Can regenerative agriculture deliver nutritious food and a just food system?
Associated SDGs: 11 Sustainable cities and communities, 12 Responsible consumption and production, 15 Life on land, 2 Zero hunger, 3 Good health and well-being, 8 Decent work and economic growth
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